Download This PaperAlexander as Anarchist
25 Pages Posted: 19 Jun 2017
Date Written: May 2017
Abstract
This essay, written for a festschrift for Professor Larry Alexander, considers the implications of Alexander’s rigorously intentionalist account of legal interpretation for the problem of legal and political authority. The essay argues (or so it seems) that Alexander’s hermeneutics, though persuasive, and though respectable enough in their exoteric meaning, constitute a surreptitious project aimed at producing anarchy.
Keywords: Larry Alexander, Legal Interpretation, Hermeneutics, Anarchy
JEL Classification: A00, A10, K10
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Smith, Steven Douglas, Alexander as Anarchist (May 2017). San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-292. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2988049 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2988049
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